Window-cornice



(No Model.)

E. KUGEMANN.

WINDOW GORNIGE. No. 271,718. Patented Peb.6,1883.

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NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD KUGEMANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WlNDOW-CORNICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iiatent No. 271,718, dated February 6, 1883.

' Application filed August 21,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that- I, EDWARD KUGEMANN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vindow-Oornices; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention relates to window-curtain cornices of the kind that can be extended to suitdifferent-sized windows; and it consists of a central ornamental cornice having longitudinally in its back a half-round cove, in which are placed two cylindrical extension-poles that are held to slidein such cove by caps and in line-with each other by a rod secured centrallyinto the end of one pole to telescope into the ball of the other pole, and also having a slot in the upward extension of the caps, with a mortise in the cornice-piece behind each slot for supporting such cornice by hooks driven into the window-frame and without'the requirement of brackets, all as more fully hereinafter will be described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawin gs,Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the window-cornice; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the same; Fig. 3,-a vertical cross-section on line mm in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a longitudinal section through one of the extension-poles.

Corresponding letters in the several figures of the drawings designate like parts.

A denotes the central cornice-piece, which may be made of any ornamental shape and engraved or carved with any elaborate configurations. This piece A in its rear surface has cut longitudinally a half-round cove, a, for two cylindrical poles, B and B, to bev inserted and guided therein, which poles are held laterally in their positions by bow-shaped or curved sheet-metal caps b and b, having end extensions, b and attached at each end to the rear face of the piece A, so as to allow a longitudinal shifting of the poles in such cove, which shifting motion is limited in one direction by end, is lance-shaped, while their inward ends are axially bored, and a rod, :1, is secured into one pole, B, that will enter the hereof the other pole, /B, for holding such poles longitudinally in line with each other. near its ends, is mortised to provide cavities a behind the upward extensions of caps b,which latter are slotted at e for admitting the heads of hooks O, the pointed shanks of which are driven into the window-frame. A series of rings, g, are strnngupon the poles B for suspending the curtain thereto and to suitable books or rings to be fastened to the rear ot'the cornice. As will be noticed, this cornice can be applied to any width window by extending the poles B and B more or less, and is thus convenient for the country merchant,who will not require a large assortment of difl'erent lengths of such cornices, as well as for the tenant, who can use it for the windows in any house he may move into.

The device, as will be noticed, is simple and durable in its construction and convenient for its purpose, and can be made of handsome appearance.

What I claim is- A window-curtain cornice composed of the central cornice, A. having cove a and caps b, with slotted extension 0, in combination with the screws 0 and the extension-poles B and B, the same being constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I at'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- EDWARD KUGEMANN.

Witnesses:

G. HAZEL, E. G. WESTLAKE.

The cornice A, at or. 

